1993
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7489(93)90102-z
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An international perspective of active euthanasia: attitudes of nurses in seven countries

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“…This is consistent with previous studies [2,28]. It is worth-noting that the vast majority of nurses (96%) stated that they would not have agreed in that situation probably due to their duty not to take decisions by themselves and their opinions that it is ethically wrong to kill another person [29,30].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
“…This is consistent with previous studies [2,28]. It is worth-noting that the vast majority of nurses (96%) stated that they would not have agreed in that situation probably due to their duty not to take decisions by themselves and their opinions that it is ethically wrong to kill another person [29,30].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
“…The thirty studies comprised eighteen quantitative studies, [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] nine qualitative studies, [30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37] two literature reviews, 2 3 and one anthropological account of euthanasia practice.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…17 In addition, one study was set at an international midwifery conference 21 and one was a cross cultural study. 30 During the time that these studies were conducted, euthanasia was not legal in any of these countries. At the time when the Dutch studies were carried out, euthanasia was not legal in The Netherlands, however, it was not a punishable offence if the due care requirements were complied with.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Participants in this study endorsed the idea of confusion created by the use of various adjectives with the term euthanasia, and appeared to distinguish readily between passive and active euthanasia. Nevertheless, one may wonder about the representativity of the findings of this study, since two broader surveys of nurses (Aranda & O'Conner, 1995;Davis et al, 1993) expressed significant reservations about the validity of their own results, specifically because of differing interpretations of the subject of the study. For example, in referring to euthanasia, nurses gave as examples of treatment withdrawal taking a patient off a respirator or withdrawing artificial feeding, and even pain relief through increased doses of morphine at the risk of hastening death.…”
Section: Spontaneous Definitions Of Euthanasiamentioning
confidence: 93%
“…As well, although according to some physicians their role includes providing assistance to die by euthanasia to patients who so wish, others see in that practice a risk of instrumentalization in which the patient's autonomy would take precedence over physicians' responsibility to do good. Clearly, this confusion about end-of-life practices is also found in some nurses and even among palliative care nurses (Aranda & O'Conner, 1995;Davis et al, 1993). While nurses are not directly responsible for medical decisions, they play an important role in educating patients and significant others because of their special relationship with these persons, not only in terms of informing them of their rights, but also in terms of reassuring them that they will receive appropriate care and relief (within the options legally available in their country of residence).…”
Section: Health Care Professionalsmentioning
confidence: 99%